Deck 25: Keyterm Concept

Question 1

Define the following terms:
adaptor protein, adaptor

Answer 1

General term for a protein that functions solely to link two or more different proteins together in an intracellular signaling pathway or protein complex.

Question 2

Define the following terms:
amino acid

Answer 2

Organic molecule containing both an amino group and a carboxyl group. Those that serve as building blocks of proteins are alpha amino acids, having both the amino and carboxyl groups linked to the same carbon atom.

Question 3

Define the following terms:
antibiotic

Answer 3

Substance such as penicillin or streptomycin that is toxic to microorganisms. Often a natural product of a particular microorganism or plant.

Question 4

Define the following terms:
ARP (actin-related protein) complex (Arp 2/3 complex)

Question 5

Define the following terms:
bacterium

Question 6

Define the following terms:
BH3-only proteins

Question 7

Define the following terms:
cadherin

Question 8

Define the following terms:
catalyst

Question 9

Define the following terms:
cell determination

Question 10

Define the following terms:
chemical biology

Question 11

Define the following terms:
cis Golgi network (CGN)

Question 12

Define the following terms:
coat-recruitment GTPases

Question 13

Define the following terms:
condensin, condensin complex

Question 14

Define the following terms:
COPII-coated vesicles

Question 15

Define the following terms:

Question 16

Define the following terms:
cytoskeleton

Question 17

Define the following terms:
desmosome

Question 18

Define the following terms:
DNA primase

Question 19

Define the following terms:
ectoderm

Question 20

Define the following terms:
endoderm

Question 21

Define the following terms:
ER lumen

Question 22

Define the following terms:
extracellular pathogens

Question 23

Define the following terms:
firing rule

Question 24

Define the following terms:
fungus

Question 25

Define the following terms:
gene

Question 26

Define the following terms:
glycogen

Question 27

Define the following terms:
green fluorescent protein (GFP)

Question 28

Define the following terms:
histone

Question 29

Define the following terms:
hyaluronan (hyaluronic acid)

Question 30

Define the following terms:
IgM

Question 31

Define the following terms:
inflammatory response

Question 32

Define the following terms:
internal ribosome entry site (IRES)

Question 33

Define the following terms:
K+ leak channel

Question 34

Define the following terms:
Legionnaire's disease

Question 35

Define the following terms:
long-term depression (LTD)

Question 36

Define the following terms:
macropinocytosis

Question 37

Define the following terms:
membrane-associated protein

Question 38

Define the following terms:
microRNAs (miRNAs)

Question 39

Define the following terms:
monoclonal antibody

Question 40

Define the following terms:
myeloid cell

Question 41

Define the following terms:
neural crest

Question 42

Define the following terms:
NOD-like receptors (NLRs)

Question 43

Define the following terms:
nuclear lamina

Question 44

Define the following terms:
open reading frame (ORF)

Question 45

Define the following terms:
oxidative phosphorylation

Question 46

Define the following terms:
pattern recognition receptor (PRR)

Question 47

Define the following terms:
phospholipase C (PLC)

Question 48

Define the following terms:
plasmid vector

Question 49

Define the following terms:
positive feedback

Question 50

Define the following terms:
prokaryote

Question 51

Define the following terms:
protofilament

Question 52

Define the following terms:
Ras

Question 53

Define the following terms:
red blood cell

Question 54

Define the following terms:
retinoblastoma

Question 55

Define the following terms:
RNA editing

Question 56

Define the following terms:
sarcoma

Question 57

Define the following terms:
securin

Question 58

Define the following terms:
signal sequence

Question 59

Define the following terms:
SNARE proteins (SNAREs)

Question 60

Define the following terms:
STAT (signal transducer and activator of transcription)

Question 61

Define the following terms:
synaptic plasticity

Question 62

Define the following terms:
tertiary structure

Question 63

Define the following terms:
trans Golgi network (TGN)

Question 64

Define the following terms:
transmembrane adhesion proteins

Question 65

Define the following terms:
turgor pressure

Question 66

Define the following terms:
vesicle transport model

Question 67

Define the following terms:
Wnt protein

Question 68

Define the following terms:
adenylyl cyclase (adenylate cyclase)

Question 69

Define the following terms:
aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase

Question 70

Define the following terms:
antibody

Question 71

Define the following terms:
arrestin

Question 72

Define the following terms:
Bak

Question 73

Define the following terms:
binding site

Question 74

Define the following terms:
cadherin superfamily

Question 75

Define the following terms:
caveola

Question 76

Define the following terms:
cell doctrine

Question 77

Define the following terms:
chemical carcinogens

Question 78

Define the following terms:
cis-regulatory sequences

Question 79

Define the following terms:
coated vesicle

Question 80

Define the following terms:
conditional mutation